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Coral Reef Fisheries Day 3 restoring ecosystem function

Coral Reef Fisheries Day 3 restoring ecosystem function. Jim Bohnsack Southeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA Fisheries, Miami, FL. Marine Ecosystem Model. Ecosystem Goods & Services. Human Dimension. Ecosystem Structure & Function. Biotic Dimension. Impacts + Restoration.

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Coral Reef Fisheries Day 3 restoring ecosystem function

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  1. Coral Reef Fisheries Day 3 restoring ecosystem function Jim Bohnsack Southeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA Fisheries, Miami, FL

  2. Marine Ecosystem Model Ecosystem Goods & Services Human Dimension Ecosystem Structure & Function Biotic Dimension • Impacts • + Restoration Physical Dimension (Geology, Oceanography, Climate)

  3. Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land (sea). Aldo Leopold

  4. Conservation goals change

  5. Coral reef Health is the ability for self renewal Conservation is: developing the understanding and creating the conditions for self renewal. • (i.e. Science and Management) • Integrity, • stability • and beauty

  6. Red Snapper Fecundity 9,000,000 eggs 9,000,000 eggs 212 Females 3 - 4 Yr 1.1 kg each 42 cm long 1 Female 10 Yr 12.5 kg 61 cm long

  7. “The concept of marine reserves is simple:If protected from human interference, nature will take care of itself ”

  8. Deplete Target Species Cause Habitat Damage Bycatch Mortality of target and non-target species

  9. Spillover Reproduction & Dispersal Diversity Colonization & Growth Abundance

  10. Shifting Baseline

  11. 1969 – Endangered Species Act 2004 – Marine Turtle Protection Act Endangered Species

  12. Habitat 1996 – Essential Fish Habitat Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act

  13. Cross-Shelf Habitat Classification Florida Reef Tract Transition Florida Bay Hawk Channel Fore Reef Nearshore Reef Flat Midchannel Inshore Patch Deep Reef Offshore Patch HAWK CHANNEL

  14. Non-Game Species

  15. Marine Conservation Ethic • Frontier Development EthicH > E • Romantic Preservation EthicH = E • Utilitarian Conservation Ethic H  E • Ecological Biotic EthicE H E H E H E

  16. A conservation ethic requires: Obligation, Responsibility, Self-sacrifice

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